CONTENTS-NO. LXXVIII, 



JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS. 



Page. 

 61 



Ordinary Meeting, December 7, 1885 



Paper on "The Unreasonableness of Agnosticism." Br J. 



Hassell, Esq., A.K.C.Lond. 63 



Discussion on the above 76 



Eemarks on the Structure of the Gorilla. By E. Charles- 

 worth, Esq., F.G.S With Illustration) ... 82 



Discussion on the above 85 



Notes on the Antiquity of Man. By the Editor 87 



Remarks on Professor Hartmann's Work on Anthro- 

 poid Apes. By Eev. W. Guest, F.G.S 87 



Eemarks on the Early History of the Earth. By 



Sir J. W. Dawson, K.C.M.G., F.E.S 88 



Ordinary Meeting, January 4, 1886 92 



Historical Evidences of the Migration of Abram. By W. 



St. Chad Boscawen, Esq., F.R.Hist.Soc. {With Maps) ... 92 



Notes, Columns I. and II 131 



Notes on Mr. Boscawen's Paper. By the Rev. H. H. Sayce, 



M.A., Dep. Professor of Comparative Philology, Oxford 134 

 Communications from the Rev. H. G. Tomkins, Mr. D. Howard, 



V.P.C.S., AND others 137 



Discussion on the above ' ... 138 



Ordinary Meeting, January 18, 1886 145 



Paper on " A Samoan Tradition of Creation and the Deluge." 



By the Rev. T. Powell, F.L.S 145 



Discussion on the above 163 



Further Remarks by the Author 172 



Description of the Samoan Islands. By the Author 173 



Intermediate Meeting, March 15, 1886 176 



*^* The Institute's object being to investigate, it must not be held to 

 endorse the various views expressed at its Meetings. 



